Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister, Colonel-General
Safar Abiyev received the co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group
Robert Bradtke, Bernard Fassier, Igor Popov and Personal
Representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk,
Defense Ministry’s press service told the press
agency APA.
The visitors shared their impressions about the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict and current state on the line of contact.
According to Safar Abiyev, though the activity of the
Minsk Group has not produced concrete results, we have
not lost our hopes in this mission. The Minister said
the efforts must be united for the solution of the conflict,
Armenia must give up its aggressive policy and the peaceful
variant will be possible only in this context.
Defense Minister underlined that Azerbaijan is making
serious preparations for the liberation of the occupied
territories. He said all states would act in a similar
manner under such circumstances.
“No one can blame Azerbaijan for this issue,”
he said.
Safar Abiyev underlined the importance of applying the
existing international rules in the solution of such conflicts
and cited as an example such an approach with regard to
several countries. Minister said similar attitude must
be demonstrated with regard to Azerbaijan. “But
we see its difference, it causes regret,” he said.
